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E. W. SALMON, En, FILM CABINEL APPucmon msu um. 1s. |911 1,400,503. Y Patented De@ 13, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD W. SALMON, JR., OF BALTIMORE, ,MARYLANDy ASSIGNOR TO HULL, SALMON,

MFG. CO., INC., OF BALTIMORE', MARYLAND.

FILM-CABINET'.

Specification of Letters Patent. 4 Patented Dec. 13,1921.

Application led January 13, 1917. Serial No. 142,330.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. SALMON, Jr. a citizen of the United States, residing at l3altimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Film-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to film cabinets.

One object is to provide ,a cabinet or other container for the storage offilms when the same are not in use and which is so constructed as to prevent temperature inside from rising and which is fire-proof irrespective of exterior tem eratures.

Another o ject is to provide a container provided with a plurality of separate compartments and in which there is no metallic connection between the compartments, by

virtue of which, the conduction of heat or flame from/one compartment to another is prevented in the event of a fire, and whereby each lm reel of each compartment is inde: pendently protected from heat and re, so that in the event of ignition of a reel in one compartment, neither the fiames nor the heat will spread to other compartments. j

Another object resides in the provision of a cabinet or other container for the storage of films when the same are not in use which will protect the lms from damage by fire or heat, and which will, at the same tlme, occu'py a comparatively small -space in the loft or other structure where the projecting apparatus is located.

A still further object is to provide a cabinet which, while constituting aneffectual support and housing for a plurality of reels, is composed of an organization of parts directed particularly to 'compactness in form of structure, and one which may be easily assembled or disassembled, the various parts of the cabinet being of such construction that the same may be readily replaced in the event of damage or wear.

It is still further designed to provide a cabinet structure adapted' to house one or more film reels, each reel being supported in a compartment separate from other reels in the event of a plurality of compartments, the construction of the compartments being such, that any number of compartments may be connected together. Where a two or more reel compartment structure is set up, other compartments may be provided with very few structural changes, the addition-a1 compartments being added preferably in the center, and longer connecting bolts, &c., sub' stituted. t

With the. above and other objects in view, the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the form, size, proportion and minor details without departing from the spirit or sacriicing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view, the

reel supporting means beingilllustrated in dotted 'lines in its raised pos1t1on.

\Fig. 2 is a vertical sectlonal view.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view illustrating the -manner of spacing the rings which provide for the formation of the various compartments in a multiple compartment structure..

K Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, the characters 10 and 11 indicate standards provided at their base with feet 12. The upper ends of these standards are concave, as at 13, for a purpose hereinafter explained.

The standards 10 and 11 adjacent their base may be connected by a pair of verti-f cally spaced members A and B. These members are bolted orf otherwise secured to the standards, and each member, ad'acent the standards, is formed with a ring-s aped bracket 16, the brackets of the lower member B having inwardly directed flanges 17, which support plates 18. The intermediate portions of these members are connected by a substantially rectangular shaped box 19 provided with a cover 20. The box provides a receptacle for burnt carbons or other materials or elements. This structure is preferably a single casting, the four rings 16 being preferably cast with the rectangular box and the four rings 16 with the plates.

18 provide two racks at the ends of the box 19 for the `support of carbons or any other articles which it Vmight be desired to support in the racks. The unitary structure embodying the box '19 and the rings l16vis shown,

bolted or otherwise secured to the standards. This supporting structure, consisting of the spaced standards `1() and 11 and the said unitary structure, provides a substantial base structure capable of preventing acci dental tilting or upsetting of the vcabinet and yet occupying a comparatively small s ace.

pThe embodiment of the invention .illustrated in the accompanying drawings discloses a cabinet particularly adapted to house four film reels in separate compartments. The particular structure illustrated, consists of a series of compartments C, D, E, and F, each compartment being spaced from adjacent compartments by a relatively thick circular or other sheet of asbestos or other fibrous material 21. The partitioning members are of a diameter slightly greater than the film reels received within the compartments.

An annular casting 22 is supported at each end of the base, each of said castings being formed with a lug 23 provided with an opening 24. These rings or castings 22, in assembling the cabinet, are connected by a bolt 25 which passes through the lugs 23 and the upper ends of the standards 10 and 11. Y

The inner faces 26 of the rings or castings 22, are formed with inwardly directed continuous flanges 27 which embrace the adjacent fibrous partitions 21 and which constitute the end walls of the cabinet.

A plurality of supporting rings 28, all

gether by lbolts or other fastenings 37 and 38 with fibrous material ,39 clamped between ,the plates by said bolts and maintaining the plates spaced apart so as to obviate a lmetallic connection between the plates.

Said closures are mounted to be swung into and out of closing relation with the compartments. To these ends, the plates 35 having extensions40 hingedly mounted on f a rod 41 supported in lugs 42 on they cabinet, said lugs being preferably formed integral with the rings 28. Each plate 35 has side flanges 43 to overlap the upper peripheral' portions of the respective rin-gs 28 and also has 'end flanges 44. These flanges terminate` short of the respective closure plates 36, as

shown. Each closure supports a reel supporting and lifting mechanism-39. The reel support is substantially as that shown in` my co-pending' application No. 44,775, filed August 10, 1915, and a detailed desciption of said mechanism is thought to be unnecessary.

Should a reel in one compartment become ignited, the reel or reels in the adjacent compartment or compartments cannot become ignited by fiame or heat, unless the closures of said compartments are lifted, the base, as well as the closures and sides of the compartments, being protected by flame and heat resisting material and there being no metallic connection between the metal partiti/ons constituting thel separate compartments, and

'no metal exposed 'in the cabinet tobe-conpreferably of the same construction, are

provided, each ring having on one face a continuous flange 29 adapted to embrace the adjacent fibrous partitions 21 at its edge, the reverse face of the disk having a continuous flange 30 of greater width than the flange 29, for a purpose presently explained. These rings, for approximate their circumference, are forme with 1n' wardly directed flanges 31 disposed at right anglesto and between the flanges 29 and 30. Each of said rings 28 is formed with laterally directed lugs 32 (Fig. 5) whereby the rings are spaced a sucient distance to permit of ,theinsertion of the reels in the Vcom-V one-half 'regardless v property,

tacted with by themetalreels.

It will be understood that one or any number of compartments may be built up, the cabinet being preferablyV of the sectional type, however, and by virtue of the nonmetallic connection .between/the metal parts of the partitions, the metal parts of the partitions,'being spaced from one another` b the heat Yand fire resisting fibrous` materia the temperature inside ois prevented 'from`l rising and the structure made re-proof of interior or exterior temperatures. The structure rovides for perfect insulation', resisting bot heat and fire, both from within and from without.

In the use of my improved cabinet, spread of fire, if any, from the cabinet to adjoining is prevented and the films of one compartment are protected inevent of fire in another compartment and allfilms rotected ,from exterior fire and heat, inci ent to sun, or temperature from any source and also protected from moisture.

31 have their in- The present contamer or cabinet is equallyv .of other goods..A

serviceable for the storage What I claim is z- 1. A film cabinet includingfabase comspaced standards, means connecting As the standards intermediate their ends, .a

prisingv plurality of annular `metallic membersvsupported by the standards, disks of insulating modena material supported by said metallic members to rovlde a plurality of compartments, and a c osure for each of said compartments.

2. A film cabinet comprisingV a base including a plurality of Vertical standards, means connecting the standards intermediate their ends and constituting a brace for the standards, an annular metallic member supported by each of the standards at its'upper end, a dlsk constructed of insulating material supported by each of said annular members, spaced rings having flanges disposed to engage said disks to provide a compartment between the disks, and a hinged closure supported by said rings and operating between the rings to close the compartment.

3. A Iilm cabinet consisting of a plurality of vertical standards,'a flanged member supported by each of said standards, a disk formed of fire-proof material mounted in the lian e of each of' said members, a plurality o spaced rings interposed between the disks, a plate mounted between said rings and a closure operating between th'e rings and hingedly` supported Aby the same.

4. A'lm cabinet consisting of a base, av plurality of spaced iangedI metallic mem' bers mounted on said base, disks formed of fire-proof materialvcarried by each of said members, spaced rings interposed -be' tween said disks and connected to said members, a plate interposed between said rings and a closure hingedly supported by the rings and members and operating between the rings and coactingv with the plate to form a compartment between therings.

5. A film cabinet comprising a casing adjacent metallic members, insulating material disposed on said bottom members, the metallic members also having inwardly directed` flanges whose free edges terminate short oflthe inner surfaces of said last mentioned insulating members, and a closurefor each compartment. v

6. A film cabinet comprising a casing composed of a plurality of compartments whose walls are composed of metallic members and insulatin material, the` insulating material maintaining the metallic members of each compartment in spaced relation to each other, the metallic members each having spaced flanges, a metallic bottom member supported upon the opposing lianges o adjacent metallic members, insulating material disposed on said bottom members, and a closure for each compartment.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

' EDWARD W. SALMON, JR. 

